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I gotta go with Drive. Just like Blue Velvet, an experimental director reigning in for an expertly crafted yet straightforward crime flick just makes for great cinema.
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please critique my script. That's page 1 one of 164.
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Feb 1, 2017 19:42
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I don't get the pushback against Drive the movie - it's still Refn's best. I do understand the pushback against doughy nerds who buy the jacket and think they look cool.
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Feb 1, 2017 19:46
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I gotta be honest and say it's still Drive with the Pusher trilogy as a close second. I haven't disliked any of his movies, but Drive just has the best screenplay of any of his by far. Yeah, I've yet to dislike any of his movies, and picking a favorite by him is a super tight grouping. A photo finish with a bunch of cars vying for 1st.
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Feb 1, 2017 19:48
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weekly font posted:I don't get the pushback against Drive the movie - it's still Refn's best. I don't even know if I've seen any pushback, but it does feel like the "easy" choice and it's definitely his most accessible.
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Terrorist Fistbump posted:Belly's biggest problem is that the gangster lifestyle is shown as so incredibly sexy and alluring that it's difficult to make leaving it all behind look attractive. H Haven't seen Belly, but Scorsese made the mob lifestyle seem incredible glamorous in order to make people understand why some would chose to live like that.
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Feb 1, 2017 19:54
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Belly does the same thing but takes it to the next level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRaN7wB85a4
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Feb 1, 2017 19:56
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I've been wondering why everyone's praising Belly all day as I didn't recall it being anything special, but I just realized I was thinking about Juice. I think this makes me racist.
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Feb 1, 2017 20:17
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This must be like how it is inside DMX's head.
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Hey, this is a bit of a long shot, but I'm fairly sure I heard about it through this thread, and if not, there's collectively a good bit of knowledge in here. Someone mentioned a negotiation strategy/system that described the two sides as red and blue. Among other things, it argued that if one side has no interest in compromise, that it would win every single negotiation against a side that continued to try to compromise. Googling isn't bringing up anything relevant, anyone know what I'm talking about? It's a fairly straightforward concept to me, but in a sea of 'well, look, just because the Republicans stole the SCOTUS seat doesn't mean we should stoop to their level', I'd like to be able to reference it.
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CopywrightMMXI posted:I've been wondering why everyone's praising Belly all day as I didn't recall it being anything special, but I just realized I was thinking about Juice. I think this makes me racist. Well, yeah, 'cause Juice is good, too. Not as good as Belly, but... Terrorist Fistbump posted:Belly's biggest problem is that the gangster lifestyle is shown as so incredibly sexy and alluring that it's difficult to make leaving it all behind look attractive. The plot and the visual storytelling start diverging so hard near the end that the movie starts unraveling. That's not as big of a knock as it seems like, though, because the confusion sort of mirrors the internal struggles of the protagonists. I don't think it really wraps up as cleanly as it could have, but it's a hell of a ride right up until the final seconds. Just so watchable. My reading is that the ending actually signifies the ultimate failure of "T.H.U.G. Life" rhetoric, and its inevitable sublimation within reactionary spiritual cults. Like, at exactly the moment Nas has reached the mythical 'Avalon' that is Africa, he's describing it in glowing terms while we're witnessing the teaming crowds in Times Square on New Years. Meanwhile, X has only graduated from owning a video vixen to recognizing that black women are a "most valuable resource." You only have to ask yourself, "Where in Africa is Nas?" My answer is that he never reached 'Africa' at all. The hegemony of American ideology has revealed itself, terrifyingly, through this quasi-feudalistic, basically libertarian myth, inherently supported by the NoI and their postmodern mythology.
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Slugworth posted:Hey, this is a bit of a long shot, but I'm fairly sure I heard about it through this thread, and if not, there's collectively a good bit of knowledge in here. Someone mentioned a negotiation strategy/system that described the two sides as red and blue. Among other things, it argued that if one side has no interest in compromise, that it would win every single negotiation against a side that continued to try to compromise. the buzzwords I know are "competing negotiations" (I win You lose) and it's counter "self-defense negotiations". A competing negotiator isn't interested in compromise but demands concessions, so it's important the self defense negotiator doesn't concede because it only leads to requests for more concessions. There are probably better terms for this, but I've heard these tossed around a few times in my office and back in college.
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:That's Vatican Chad, he's alpha and cucks everyone I decided to play the first Yakuza recently & it made me laugh when some stranger ran up to me & yelled and his name was displayed as "Punk rear end Abe"
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K. Waste posted:Well, yeah, 'cause Juice is good, too. Not as good as Belly, but... Both are inferior to Fresh anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_9hTnNErbo quote:My reading is that the ending actually signifies the ultimate failure of "T.H.U.G. Life" rhetoric, and its inevitable sublimation within reactionary spiritual cults. Like, at exactly the moment Nas has reached the mythical 'Avalon' that is Africa, he's describing it in glowing terms while we're witnessing the teaming crowds in Times Square on New Years. Meanwhile, X has only graduated from owning a video vixen to recognizing that black women are a "most valuable resource." I liked all the reverse imagery Hype used with Cane from Menace II Society. Hair style is flossin'. 
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Feb 1, 2017 21:26
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FreudianSlippers posted:please critique my script. That's page 1 one of 164. I was laughing out loud and then I read the last line and really guffawed. That was absolutely hilarious and I'd love to read more if you ever wrote more. It would make a terrific sketch.
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Feb 1, 2017 21:35
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ruddiger posted:Both are inferior to Fresh anyway. Fresh is incredible
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FreudianSlippers posted:please critique my script. That's page 1 one of 164. It's very good.
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Feb 1, 2017 21:49
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ruddiger posted:I liked all the reverse imagery Hype used with Cane from Menace II Society. Hair style is flossin'. You tryna kick knowledge?
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Feb 1, 2017 21:56
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ruddiger posted:Both are inferior to Fresh anyway. This is someone's old avatar.
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weekly font posted:This is someone's old avatar. It was Hundu's, wasn't it?
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Krazyface posted:What's the minimum percentage necessary to say something is made out of blood? Well, a poor man's made out of muscle and blood, so it's clearly a matter of income rather than quantity. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:YTOTD: The Last Of The Noirs Thanks for doing this. The Stranger is a seriously underrated Welles.
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weekly font posted:This is someone's old avatar. HUNDU's, before the current Paris Is Burning av.
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therattle posted:I was laughing out loud and then I read the last line and really guffawed. That was absolutely hilarious and I'd love to read more if you ever wrote more. It would make a terrific sketch. Christ, it is. I laughed out loud too.
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I was 1 at the time and despite being local don't know my NYC history all that well. Was Trump as, well, Trumpian in 87? Cause it really feels like DeNiro is channeling the hell out of him in the Untouchables. e: Also, De Palma doing the Odessa Steps is borderline offensive.
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Feb 1, 2017 22:12
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Lurdiak posted:That's Chapo. 
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married but discreet posted:Christ, it is. I laughed out loud too. I just read it again and even though I knew what the last line was, it still made me laugh.
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After catching up on 30+ pages of posts I just want to say Archie Fucks
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Terrorist Fistbump posted:Belly does the same thing but takes it to the next level. I bought the soundtrack specifically for this song and the Crucial Conflict song that's playing in the strip club that Method Man shoots up. Neither show up on the soundtrack.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo3XrThPZzo&t=5s I could've sworn the song popped up on the internet a while ago, but while looking for it just now, it doesn't look like it was ever released in full, which loving sucks because that track goes hard as hell. I did find an interview with one of the Crucial Conflict dudes about his experience on set tho http://www.fakeshoredrive.com/2012/02/fsd-feature-q-ball-talks-about-crucial-conflicts-role-in-belly.html/ quote:FSD: Did you get to spend a lot of time with Nas, DMX and Method Man? e: drat, I forgot the soundtrack left off that Sister Nancy song too, thinking about how I paid full price for that loving CD and it not even having ANY of the songs I loved from the movie is aggravating af https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXnT3LFTc-s ruddiger fucked around with this message at 23:25 on Feb 1, 2017 |
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weekly font posted:I dunno, when he does it in his measured responses I think it works really well. The moment he notices the omnipresent skull is top 3 Hbomb moments imo Not untrue.
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Feb 1, 2017 22:57
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Ah gently caress me you are guys are definitely going to war with Iran. See if I can get my grandparents out. Also, whats your opinion regarding eggs on burgers?
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Death By The Blues posted:Also, whats your opinion regarding eggs on burgers? Depends on the place and the burger
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married but discreet posted:On the one hand this sounds really exciting, but on the other I don't want to have Villeneuve forever hired to do sci-fi book adaptations and sequels. Same here. It's a little odd though, that the big Hollywood trend is to hire indie or indie-ish film-makers who've made artsy or intellectual stuff and to give them big dumb blockbusters and sci-fi projects.
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Yeah, it's kinda disappointing. I'm hoping most of them end up being a Nolan situation where they knock the franchise out of the park for the studio and get free reign to do some original big budget films. Villeneuve is really good at banging out dope movies in a short amount of time though, so I'm not too worried about him being able to put out original films.
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MacheteZombie posted:Depends on the place and the burger I might even go so far as to say it depends on the egg.
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Slugworth posted:Hey, this is a bit of a long shot, but I'm fairly sure I heard about it through this thread, and if not, there's collectively a good bit of knowledge in here. Someone mentioned a negotiation strategy/system that described the two sides as red and blue. Among other things, it argued that if one side has no interest in compromise, that it would win every single negotiation against a side that continued to try to compromise. I dunno about it appearing in this thread but it reminds me if a Slate Star Codex post. I could dig it up when I'm not phone posting but you might be able to find it from that.
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Budgie Jumping posted:Funny how you did this with one of the least fascist songs from that album. Does anybody here remember Kelly Anne? Remember how she said that We would make America great again Some sunny day?
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:guys The primary thing I care about in a folder is the locking mechanism. That pic isn't selling me on it.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:nobody thinks those '90s Guided by Voices albums would be better if they didn't sound like they were recorded on a beat-up four track. Yeah my cassette copy of Psychocandy sounds better with each play.
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